2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout

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Flag of the United States.svg 2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout
Race details
Laguna Seca.svg
DateDecember 6 & 7, 2016
Official nameMazda Road to Indy Shootout
CourseRoad course
2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver White
Podium
First Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver White
Third Flag of the United States.svg Trenton Estep

The 2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout was the first edition of the Road to Indy Shootout. The event was held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on December 6 and 7. The winner received a $200,000 scholarship to compete in the 2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship. [1]

Contents

Entry list

DriverAge2016 result
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Norman [2] 18 Atlantic Championship Series champion 6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown 18 Australian Formula Ford highest eligible driver (2nd). 4
Flag of Ireland.svg Niall Murray [3] 21 BRSCC F1600 champion
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver White 23 Mountney Formula Ford Super Series
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Portante 20 F1600 Formula F Championship runner-up 1
Flag of the United States.svg John McCusker 20 F2000 Championship Series runner-up 2 6
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Sugianto [4] 21 Formula Car Challenge champion 3
Flag of Mexico.svg Axel Matus [5] 18 Formula Panam champion
Flag of the United States.svg Trenton Estep [6] 16 Formula Tour 1600 champion
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcel Coletta [7] 14Mazda Road to Indy Brazil champion
Flag of India.svg Karthik Tharani [8] 22 MMSC 1600 Indian Championship runner-up 5
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Scott [9] 21 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship champion
Flag of the United States.svg Tim de Silva 20 Pacific F2000 champion
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Garrison 18 Rotax Max Challenge
Flag of the United States.svg Nigel Saurino 21 SCCA Runoffs – FC
Flag of the United States.svg Neil Verhagen [10] 15 SCCA Runoffs – F1600 champion 6
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Machiko 25 SCCA Runoffs – FM
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil MacLennan [11] 18 Scottish Motor Racing Club Formula Ford 1600 Championship champion
Flag of the United States.svg Timo Reger 19Skip Barber Race Series
Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew 19 Team USA Scholarship
Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood 18

Notes

^1 Neil Verhagen won the 2016 F1600 Championship Series. But as he was already qualified by winning the Runoffs, runner-up Peter Portante was awarded a place to compete. [12]

^2 McCusker finished second in the 2016 F2000 Championship Series. The championship was won by Steve Bamford, a masters class competitor, ineligible because of his age. Drivers must be between 14 and 25.

^3 Formula Car Challenge FormulaSpeed champion Sugianto won the shootout invitation over Formula Car Challenge Pro Formula Mazda champion Bruno Carneiro after a video competition.

^4 Brown finished second in the 2016 Australian Formula Ford championship. The championship was won by Leanne Tander, ineligible because of her age (36).

^5 Tharani finished second in the MRF1600 (India) championship, but champion Vikash Anand is facing indictment for drunk driving from a September crash where Anand was driving under the influence, and thereby disqualified.

^6 Verhagen, McCusker and Norman all qualified, but were unable to attend due to prior commitments clashing with the shootout date. Verhagen tested at the annual Road to Indy Chris Griffis Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, scoring the fastest time in the test with Pabst Racing. Norman signed with Andretti Autosport on December 5, 2016 to participate in Indy Lights for the 2017 season. [13]

Mazda Road to Indy - Brasil

The 2016 Mazda Road to Indy - Brasil was a karting contest to qualify for the finals at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The event was held at Kartódromo de Interlagos on 27 August 2016. The event was set up by former racing driver Paulo Carcasci. [14] Eleven drivers from four different Brazilian states and the Federal District competed for a spot in the final at Laguna Seca. [15]

Result

RankDriverFP [16] Q [17] H1 [18] H2 [19] F [20] Points
1. Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg Marcel Coletta 392155
2. Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg Murilo Coletta 281251
3. Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg Vinicius Papareli 121347
4. Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg Lucca Croce 643435
5. Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg Jean Aguiar 914533
6. Bandeira do Distrito Federal (Brasil).svg Pedro Cardoso 872932
Bandeira do estado do Rio de Janeiro.svg Italo Barrilari 7657
Bandeira de Minas Gerais.svg Evandro Bambirra 4548
Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg Allan Croce 5336
Bandeira de Mato Grosso.svg Edgar Henrique 1111511
Bandeira do estado de Sao Paulo.svg Erick Lutum 1010610

Format

Judges
Flag of the United States.svg Joel Miller Mazda Motorsports factory driver
Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Bomarito
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Carbonell
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Goodyear former IndyCar Series driver
Flag of the United States.svg Kyle KimballMazda Motorsports operational manager
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Bowieowner of Brandrenaline

Lucas Oil School of Racing supplied the 18 scholarship candidates with Formula Ford style cars. The Ray Race Cars GR-RSC was fitted with a 2 litre engine built by Elite Engines. All cars were shod with Cooper Tires. The Shootout started with orientation of the cars and the track on December 5. On the second day drivers were divided in four groups and took to the tracks. For the final Shootout day the group was again divided in four. After initial testing sessions the first drivers were eliminated. The remaining drivers started 30 minute qualifying sessions before the race over 30 minutes. [21]

Competition

All participants participated in a vehicle orientation and then multiple practice sessions over two days, culminating in a pre-qualification session where six finalists would be chosen. Those finalists would then participate in a 30 minute qualifying session and a 30 minute race.

DriverQualifyingFinale
Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew 31
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver White 12
Flag of the United States.svg Trenton Estep 43
Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood 54
Flag of Ireland.svg Niall Murray 65
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown 26
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcel Coletta DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Garrison DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Machiko DNQ
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil MacLennan DNQ
Flag of Mexico.svg Axel Matus DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Portante DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Timo Reger DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Nigel Saurino DNQ
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Scott DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Tim de Silva DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Sugianto DNQ
Flag of India.svg Karthik Tharani DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg John McCusker DNA
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Norman DNA
Flag of the United States.svg Neil Verhagen DNA

Winner

Oliver Askew was selected as the winner of the shootout and won a scholarship to compete in the 2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship. [22]

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